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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. -based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

Moreover, startups don’t necessarily face the same issues other business models do – although finances may plague more than less – with trouble-shooting having now entered unchartered territory. The Startup Lab industry is evolving and gaining a strong reputation. What does the state of the Startup Lab industry look like right now?

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What Are the Risks of Using Personal Email for Board Business?

Board Effect

The survey contains responses from 411 governance professionals across 11 countries in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. European boards were slightly lower at 41% and the Asia Pacific was 48%. Don’t allow an unsuspecting email attack to ruin your finances or your reputation. appeared first on BoardEffect.

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Power To The People – Creating Trust In Data With Collaborative Governance

YoungUpstarts

We’re all experiencing the rise of a growing number of cloud applications coming through sales, marketing, HR, operations or finance to complement centrally designed, legacy IT apps, such as ERP, data warehousing or CRM. Today, the proliferation of information within companies is uncontrollable, just like it was on the Web. As the Web 2.0

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[Malaysia] [Event] InfoSecurity World 2012 – Combating The Rapid Rise In Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

An Acknowledgement of Rising Security Threats in Asia. Our individual reputation, the economic well-being of the country, protection of intellectual property and even the sovereignty of a government are now dependent on how we safeguard our information and IT systems. Protecting our data is an issue that should concern all of us.

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Everything you should know before working with investors across Asia

The Next Web

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

In Asia, China provides a case in point. 4] International Finance Corporation, World Bank ( [link] ). [5] 6] International Finance Corporation, World Bank ( [link] ). [7] And when that happens, micro-multinationals, their employees, customers and communities all prosper. [1] 3] Varian, H., 5] FedEx GCR 2014. [6] 8] Chironga, M.